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Re: Name that force

Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu> writes:
How do wheels roll on a friction free surface? What force makes them
roll?

It would be better phrased "the train is rolling without frictional
losses", which is also a simplifying myth.

You are right, of course; no friction, no rotation of the wheels.

Ken Fox